Beat Writer

Famous quotes containing the words beat and/or writer:

“They burned with fierce love always to come near,
But honor beat them back and kept them clear.”
—John Crowe Ransom (1888–1974)

“In a restaurant one is both observed and unobserved. Joy and sorrow can be displayed and observed “unwittingly,” the writer scowling naively and the diners wondering, What the hell is he doing?”
—David Mamet (b. 1947)